Author: Divyansh Mishra

After India’s first win in Birmingham under Shubman Gill’s captaincy, Yograj Singh, a former Indian cricketer, feels Gautam Gambhir, the Indian team’s head coach, shouldn’t be criticized unfairly. Gambhir was trolled, abused and even received death threats after the team’s performance in the first Test in Leeds and their recent long format record. Changes were made and they recovered in Birmingham, winning by a huge margin of 336 runs. Yograj told ANI, You see Indian players are growing and playing well. Never abuse players with comments like, ‘remove him’ or ‘why was he chosen, he doesn’t deserve it’. Yograj said…

Today is Sourav Ganguly’s birthday. Born on July 8, 1972, he is a big name in Indian cricket. He got India back on track after the match fixing scandal in the late 90s. He made India a strong team at home and abroad. Besides being a great captain, Ganguly is a stylish batsman. People called him the ‘Prince of Kolkata’. Rahul Dravid said he was the “god on off-side because of his beautiful cuts and drives. Ganguly played from 1996 to 2008 and had many achievements like scoring a century in his first Test at Lord’s against England. He was…

Dasun Shanaka, the former captain, is back in Sri Lanka’s T20I team. He’s in the 17-man squad for the three matches against Bangladesh starting Thursday in Pallekele. Chamika Karunaratne, a bowling all-rounder, and Dunith Wellalage, a left-arm spinner, are also back. Wellalage didn’t play in the T20Is in New Zealand last year. Bhanuka Rajapaksa, Chamindu Wickramasinghe and Asitha Fernando are out of the team this time. Shanaka is back for the first time since July 2024. Since then he played well in franchise cricket, specially Dubai Capitals in the ILT20 in February where he became a lower order finisher. Karunaratne…

New Zealand has named a 15-man squad for the two-Test series against Zimbabwe with Kane Williamson missing. The former captain has chosen to sit out the series to manage his schedule. Matt Fisher, a 25-year-old pacer from Northern Districts, gets his first Test call up. Williamson last played a Test at home against England in 2024 and is currently playing for Middlesex in the Vitality Blast T20 competition. He turned down a central contract from New Zealand Cricket (NZC) earlier this year to have more control over his international schedule. NZC said Williamson was unavailable for the Zimbabwe Tests which…

The Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC), the law-making body of cricket, has finally put an end to the debate over Akash Deep’s dismissal of Joe Root in the second Test between England and India at Edgbaston on July 5, 2025. The question was whether the Indian bowler overstepped. The problem started when some fans and experts thought Akash Deep’s back foot landed beyond the return crease when he bowled to Root. Rules say if a bowler’s back foot is outside the return crease, it’s a no-ball. The third umpire didn’t call it, and confusion reigned. Former England cricketer Jonathan Trott, now…

The impasse between Royal Challengers Bangalore and Chennai Super Kings was settled off the field and into the financial realm. Until recently, CSK was perceived as the exalted choice for the IPL team to look up to while RCB was referred to as the underdog.  The study by Houlihan Lokey reported that, in 2025, the IPL touched new heights financially, with its business value shooting up 12.9% over last year to $18.5 billion (Rs.1.56 trillion). With IPL having witnessed record viewership and ad revenues soaring higher, the brand value of the league also shot up 13.8% to Rs.3.9 billion, firmly…

Virat Kohli, the former India captain, feels playing in a full stadium isn’t as scary or stressful as playing on Centre Court of Wimbledon. Kohli said that the only time cricket can feel the same is during big matches like India vs Pakistan in the World Cup. Kohli was present at the Novak Djokovic vs Alex de Minaur match on Monday. This was his first public appearance since the Bengaluru stampede during Royal Challengers Bangalore’s IPL title celebration. Kohli told Star Sports’ Vijay Amritraj, There’s a lot of pressure because the stadium is full of people. But it’s not as…

Purani Dilli 6 who reached the semi-finals of 2024 Delhi Premier League (DPL) added some interesting players to their team in the Season 2 auctions on Sunday in Delhi. Before the auction the team unveiled their new jersey for 2025 season. The design is new and represents the spirit and energy of Purani Dilli. With Rishabh Pant already in the team Purani Dilli 6 went into the auction with a plan to build a balanced and flexible team. They made some good picks, got Vansh Bedi for Rs.16 lakhs, Dev Lakra for Rs.14 lakhs, Aayush Singh and Samarth Seth for…

Dinesh Karthik had a conversation with Virat Kohli recently and it reminded him of Shubman Gill. Karthik said Kohli told him people see him as a Test legend. Kohli said being the captain of the team gave him even more satisfaction. Karthik heard the same from Gill who wants to lead the team since he became captain. Kohli stepped down from Test cricket in May this year after resigning from captaincy in January 2023 and Rohit Sharma took over in all formats. Sharma retired just before Gill’s captaincy. Shubman Gill started his captaincy in the current Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy in England. The…

India hopes captain Harmanpreet Kaur and Shafali Verma find form for Wednesday’s 4th T20I as they look to win the series. India is 2-1 up in the 5 match series but England showed India’s weaknesses in the last game at the Oval and won by 5 runs. Shafali looked good with 47 off 25 and Harmanpreet 23 off 17 but neither could sustain it which hurt India. Smriti Mandhana, Jemimah Rodrigues and Amanjot Kaur have been doing most of the batting for India. They could really use some help from these two experienced players. Shafali really wants to do well…